The member-led board of the Maine People’s Alliance (of which Beacon is a project) has endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson in his race against Sen. Susan Collins, along with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Hannah Pingree, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree in the 1st Congressional District, and Matt Dunlap in the 2nd Congressional District. “Troy has…
Eighteen Maine Senators and 57 Representatives received 100% scores in Maine People’s Alliance’s annual legislative scorecard. (Beacon is a project of MPA.) The scorecard released this week highlights legislators’ votes on housing, workers’ rights, paid family and medical leave, child care, transgender rights, immigration, climate change, and tax fairness. It also includes a review of…
As we watch Pres. Donald Trump’s war on immigrants reach into our state with the unexplained arrests of dozens of Maine workers across multiple Maine towns and over 100 unexplained arrests of Maine workers at the Canadian border, it is imperative that our legislature stand up for the tens of thousands of immigrants who live…